I began my birding journey in 2012 having never picked up a pair of binoculars. I decided to learn by doing an ABA,(American Birding Association), Big Year and finished with 600 species. 10 years later, in 2022 I did a Canada Big Year, and counted 456 species.
Now I get to talk to the birders of the Big Year, from Sandy Komito who was the first birder to do two Big Years, to Eve Morrell who was only the second woman to see more than 760 species in the continental ABA Area and provincial Big Year Birder, Karen Miller, who still holds the New Brunswick, Canada provincial record of 303 species.
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I began my birding journey in 2012 having never picked up a pair of binoculars. I decided to learn by doing an ABA,(American Birding Association), Big Year and finished with 600 species. 10 years later, in 2022 I did a Canada Big Year, and counted 456 species.
Now I get to talk to the birders of the Big Year, from Sandy Komito who was the first birder to do two Big Years, to Eve Morrell who was only the second woman to see more than 760 species in the continental ABA Area and provincial Big Year Birder, Karen Miller, who still holds the New Brunswick, Canada provincial record of 303 species.
It is December of 2024 and we’ve come to the end of another season of The Big Year Podcast. Welcome one and all as we look back on another year of birding or are looking forward to next year and possibly your own Big Year. If so, let me know and we can have a chat, sometime. I love to hear your stories, big or small.
Today, we have a mixed bag of birding guests. Over the course of 2024 I've recorded a few short conversation with birders I’ve met during my travels and I’ll have a preview of some of the guests we will be meeting early in Season 3. But before we get to that…
One birder's story we have yet to really get into, is today’s guest. I’ve been wanting to talk to him and let him tell his story in a bit more detail ever since I began this podcast, but he’s been busy birding and doing his own podcast and it’s been tough to get him to commit chatting with us. Part of the reason it’s been so hard is he’s me. Yes, today I get to talk to me, and find out a bit more about why he, I mean me, got into birding and learn little more about his, I mean my, Big Years.
Later in the show we'll meet with Gavin from Alberta who recently passed 400 species for 2024, Jean Iron, one of Ontario's most illustrious birders, who taught me an important lesson way back in January 2012, and Robert and Natasha Fontaine, who did a Florida Big Year not too long ago. Natasha, has her own claim to fame, beyond Big Year Birding. Listen on to find out more.
As always, I hope you enjoy and thanks to each and every one of you out there in Listening Land. Thanks for your support and until March of 2025, enjoy your birding wherever you are. Unless you're in Australia, then have a great summer.
Thanks again, and hear me next year.
The Big Year Podcast
I began my birding journey in 2012 having never picked up a pair of binoculars. I decided to learn by doing an ABA,(American Birding Association), Big Year and finished with 600 species. 10 years later, in 2022 I did a Canada Big Year, and counted 456 species.
Now I get to talk to the birders of the Big Year, from Sandy Komito who was the first birder to do two Big Years, to Eve Morrell who was only the second woman to see more than 760 species in the continental ABA Area and provincial Big Year Birder, Karen Miller, who still holds the New Brunswick, Canada provincial record of 303 species.
